Last week, the government lost its case against two managers at Bear Stearns, the first investment bank to fail last year.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

The Philippines this week said it is cutting rice imports because of high prices, even though the country lost more than a million tons of grain to typhoons this year.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

"I was just in Sri Lanka last week and in Indonesia about a month ago talking to people who had lost family members and the loss,the sorrow, the irreplaceable loved one is still felt.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

The company have unfortunately lost a bit of goodwill from the workforce in the past week, they have lost the faith and trust of the workforce and they have a lot to do to rebuild that.

BBC: News Online

Last week was the first time since December 2002 that all three signal callers lost in the same week.

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But as Rachel Sylvester pointed out in The Times this week, Churchill lost the 1945 election.

BBC: Martha Kearney's week